The
Volunteer Advisory Grant Program relies on sales from the Children’s
Hospital license plate in order to fund projects that directly impact
Children’s Hospital patients and families. The Children’s Hospital

Volunteer Advisory Committee (VAC) has created a challenge to increase
the number of plates on the road and therefore the number of children
the hospital is able to serve. Of the $50 fee, $42 goes to support
projects dedicated to the tasks of improving the care of patients, and
improving the hospital experience for patients and their families in
the Children’s Hospital. While the VAC was able to fund seven
Children’s Hospital projects totaling $12,000 last year, it received
almost $100,000 in funding requests.

In order to do so, VAC has created the License Plate Challenge—sell 200
plates by the end of the year. VAC is asking MUSC employees to help
sell the license plate. The following grand prizes will be awarded to
the four top sellers.

A request for proposals for the grant program will be announced later
this month for programs that serve the perinatal and children’s service
lines.

Friday, Dec. 3, 2010

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